In fact, the vast majority of Chinese families should be women in charge of money, which has little to do with women's social status, only the social division of labor, after all, in this era, even if the emperor retreats from the dynasty and returns to the harem, the queen has the final say on the affairs in the harem, and the emperor generally does not express his opinion. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

This situation is especially serious in the era of 1872, after all, this is an era of two palaces to listen to the government, if anyone dares to make irresponsible remarks about this fact, then the two empress dowagers in the capital of the Qing Empire will let him understand what is called the mouth of the green bamboo snake and the tail of the wasp. Both are not poisonous, and they are the most poisonous to women's hearts.

The family life of the common people is obviously not as thrilling as the royal family, so Lao Yantou did not object to Li Mu's arrangement, after hearing that their family could go to New England with Li Mu, Lao Yantou was obviously relieved: "Thank you Brother Mu, the little one knows that Brother Mu is not an ordinary person, Brother Mu will be a big official in the future, and he must have great ability." ”

If you analyze from the identity of Li Mu as a foreign student, Lao Yantou is right, if Li Mu completes his studies in the United States and returns to the Qing Empire, then Li Mu and his group will definitely be reused by the imperial court, and it is normal for them to be in and out of the prime minister.

This can also understand why Lao Yantou's family did not hesitate to resolutely follow Li Mu, an obvious fact, if the old Yantou family follows Li Mu now, then after Li Mu returns to the Qing Empire in the future, Lao Yantou's family is Li Mu's old "family", which is much stronger than following the little fat man, although Li Mu is unlikely to mix to the level of "prince", but the palace is not a paradise of singing and dancing, and being an ordinary person in the palace is far inferior to Li Mu, the future "upstart of the empire" Be a personal messenger by your side.

Rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail, who said that the people of the Qing Empire are ignorant, Lao Yantou is very smart.

Li Mu accepted Lao Yantou's flattery with peace of mind, and based on the plan Li Mu made for Lao Yantou's family, it is also worthy of Lao Yantou's gratitude to Li Mu.

When Miss Ten Thousand Dollars and her mother came over, this gratitude Dade reached the extreme.

Li Mu saw Miss Ten Thousand Dollars and her mother's pleasant face, not much of the arrogance and domineering that the future "imperial upstart" should have: "This money will be spent when it should be spent, and we will go ashore in San Francisco, it is estimated that we will stay for a day or two, each of you will change your outfit, get a haircut and take a shower or something, don't save it, we are in the United States, we can't lose the people of our Qing Empire——"

Although this "Qing Empire" made Li Mu feel a little disgusting, it is undeniable that Li Mu came to the United States to represent the image of a citizen of the Qing Empire. Before Li Mu was able to support his family, Li Mu couldn't openly say things like "I only represent the Chinese, not the Qing Empire", and he had to make a false deal with Old Man Chen and get the $24 per month.

Of course, Li Mu's requirements for Lao Yantou's family must be more than these, so Li Mu also painted cakes for Lao Yantou's family to appease the panic and anxiety of Lao Yantou's family: "When you arrive in New England, you all have to receive language training, that is, you must learn to speak foreigners, so that it can be more convenient for you to live in the United States, Yan Hu, Yan Shun and Chu Xue also have to be educated, that is, to go to an American school, so that you can have a better life in the future." ”

When Li Mu said that he was sending Yan Hu, Yan Shun and Chu Xue to school, Miss Ten Thousand dollars and her mother's eyes obviously lit up, and as soon as Li Mu's words fell, Miss Ten Thousand dollars and her mother were impatient.

"Go-go to the American school, is it the same as the school you go to?" Miss Ten Thousand Dollars' mother's expression was full of surprise and hope, and people couldn't bear to refuse.

"I don't go to the American school, if you mean the school they are going to in the first snow, then I can give you the answer right now: yes, the first snow they are going to that kind of school, the kind that I should have gone to, the same school that the little fat man is going to be." Li Mu didn't sell Guanzi, and finally let Miss Ten Thousand dollars and her mother's hanging heart fall to the ground.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you, Brother Mu-" Miss Ten Thousand dollars and her mother cried with joy, blessed Li Mu several times, turned around and went out and called Yan Hu, Yan Shun and Chu Xue in: "Quick, kowtow to Brother Mu, Brother Mu is a great benefactor of our family, you have to be a cow and a horse to repay Brother Mu's kindness——"

Yan Hu, Yan Shun and Chu Xue didn't know what Miss $10,000 and her mother were talking about, but the three of them didn't have any objection to kowtowing to Li Mu, the "master", and they were still very obedient.

Li Mu can't stand this kind of thing kowtowing at every turn, although in this era, Li Mu is not good at acting too different, but Li Mu still insists on this matter, so Li Mu immediately got up: "Get up, get up, I've already said that our family will not kowtow in the future, except for the New Year's incense to God and worship ancestors, there is no need to kowtow at any time——"

"Brother Mu, just let them kowtow, I really can't think of any way to thank you-" Miss Ten Thousand Dollars, her mother and her father were also kowtowing, and they were already in tears.

Li Mu still underestimated the value of "knowledge" in this era, in addition to the children from rich and noble families, few people have the opportunity to receive elite education, the children of civilian families need to get some restraints for the professor to go to a private school, and the children of the slave family don't even have the opportunity to go to a private school.

From the perspective of the "master", it must be hoped that the slave will always be the slave of the family, and serve the "master" for the rest of his life, so do not expect the "master" to provide educational opportunities for the "child of the family", unless it is the illegitimate child of the master, it is impossible.

Little Fat Man and Li Mu are both international students sent by the Qing government, and what they want to receive must be elite education, and Miss 10,000 Dollars' family probably still doesn't understand what "elite education" means, but this does not prevent them from understanding what it means to Chuxue to them.

As long as Li Mu and the others return to the Qing Empire, they will definitely be the "imperial upstarts" of the Qing Empire, and if Chu Xue and they can also receive the same education as Li Mu, then it means that Chu Xue and they have the qualifications to become "imperial upstarts".

Even if it can't become a reality now, at least it has entered the reserve echelon, which is of immeasurable significance to Chu Xue's future for them.